Cytology of body fluids from different sites: an approach for early diagnosis of malignancy.
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ABSTRACT
Malignant effusions are a common presenting sign of malignancy and reflect dissemination. A retrospective study of all fluid samples accessioned at the Department of Pathology, TUTH from April 2000 to October 2002 were done. Over the study period, a total of 584 specimens were examined- 324 peritoneal fluid, 224 pleural fluid, 19 pericardial fluid, 9 knee joint effusion and 8 Cerebro-Spinal Fluid (CSF). One hundred and nine (18.66%) out of 584 cases were found to have malignancy, 57 were male and 52 were female. The age group of the adult male ranged from 42-78 years and female ranged from 43-62 years. Three patients were children with age ranging from 8-11 years. Adenocarcinoma was the commonest that comprised 89%, followed by Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 6.5% squamous cell carcinoma 2.7% and small cell carcinoma comprised 1.8 %. Exfoliative cytology is cheap, rapid and highly effective tool for the evaluation of body fluid and should be advised in all effusion cases.
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Main subject:
Pleural Effusion
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Time Factors
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Body Fluids
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Ascitic Fluid
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Adenocarcinoma
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Cerebrospinal Fluid
Type of study:
Observational study
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Screening study
Language:
English
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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